Oh, Father Jack, you may not always have been at the forefront of Father Ted episodes but during those glorious (and explosive) moments when the camera landed on you, the audience knew they were in for another side-splitting classic moment.

Drunk, abusive, offensive, filthy and slightly perverted, Father Jack was everything that a priest shouldn’t be and, now that we have tragically lost actor Frank Kelly who has died aged 77, we are fondly remembering the laughs he brought to us in the Ireland-set Channel 4 sitcom.

Here are the clips which prove that Father Jack really was the best thing about the Craggy Island comedy:

Jack and his beloved brick – oh, how he loved that brick

When he mastered the phrase: ‘That would be an ecumenical matter’

His unique response to being offered a cup of tea (spoiler: he was less polite about it than Ted)

When it emerged that Jack had a great fondness for using a particular word